Bodkin is a black comedy thriller television series, consisting of seven episodes, created by British writer Jez Scharf. It premiered on Netflix on 9 May 2024.

Premise Gilbert Power, an American podcaster, travels to Bodkin, an Irish coastal town, to investigate a cold case involving the disappearance of three people during a Samhain celebration several decades prior. He is joined by Dublin-born Dubheasa "Dove" Maloneyan investigative journalist in London who is sent on assignment after the death of her source, a government whistleblowerand Emmy Sizergh, an aspiring journalist.

Cast Will Forte as Gilbert Power, an American podcaster Siobhán Cullen as Dubheasa "Dove" Maloney, an Irish investigative journalist Robyn Cara as Emmy Sizergh, Gilbert's researcher David Wilmot as Seamus Gallagher Chris Walley as Sean O'Shea Seán Óg Cairns as Garda Eoin Pom Boyd as Mrs. O'Shea Ger Kelly as Teddy Charlie Kemp as Damien Kerri McLean as Maeve David Pearse as Frank Amy Conroy as Fagan Denis Conway as Sergeant Power Charlie Kelly as Fintan Peter Bankolé as Charles Sabine Timoteo as Annika Fionnula Flanagan as Mother Bernadette Pat Shortt as Darragh Clodagh Mooney Duggan as Mary Donovan Pauline McLynn as Brónagh McArdle Ahna O'Reilly as Amber Power, Gilbert's wife

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Production Referred to as both Bodkin and On Record, the seven-episode series is created by Jez Scharf as Higher Ground's first scripted series at Netflix, in collaboration with wiip. Scharf and Alex Metcalf serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series with Tonia Davis for Higher Ground, David Flynn and Paul Lee for wiip, and Nne Ebong. Nash Edgerton, Bronwen Hughes, Johnny Allan and Paddy Breathnach served as directors, while Mike O'Leary joined the writing room.

In June 2022, it was announced Will Forte would lead the series alongside Siobhán Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, and Chris Walley.

Principal photography began in West Cork in summer 2022, and took six months. Other filming locations included Wicklow and Dublin.

Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

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